At least 50 women in Greece have used breast implants made by defunct French manufacturer PIP, which have shown abnormally high rates of rupture, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Ta Nea daily, citing health ministry sources, said at least 250 implant pairs made by Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) were sold to surgeons between 2009 and 2010. and that at least 50 Greek women had those implants fitted.
“Very soon these women will be located and they will be informed by their surgeons for the need for a re-examination,” Health Ministry general secretary Antonis Dimopoulos told the daily.
Around 300,000 women in 65 countries are believed to have received PIP implants, deemed a health risk after the discovery that the company used an illegal industrial-grade gel that, according to French investigators, has led to abnormally high rates of ruptured implants.
More than 450 lawsuits have been filed in three countries, and French police have placed PIP and its founder Jean-Claude Mas, 72, under investigation.
(source: AFP, Ta Nea)
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